Password memorization techniques

	Password managers	Password cards	Password algorithms

Description	Use a software to generate and remember passwords for you. A master password generally protect all your passwords.	Using a password card can help you memorize several complex passwords by just remembering few information. Create / print a card Pick a direction, length, and starting point	Here is a simple algorithm to create a password from phrases you like. Choose one or several sentences (quotes, sentences in a book...) Extract the first letter of each word Alternate case Add the number of characters of the first and last word. Example: "Password is a pain to remember" => "piaptr" => "pIaPtR" => "pIaPtR88" To make your password secure you need to make it different for each website/account. You can for example add the first and last character of the website name.
Website	http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net/	http://www.passwordcard.org/en	http://www.microsoft.com/protect/fraud/passwords/create.aspx
Alternatives	KeePass, Pixelock, Roboform
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Ease of use (General)	5.0 1 rating	3.0 1 rating	2.0 1 rating
Security level	4.0 1 rating	4.0 1 rating	4.0 1 rating
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Use a software to generate and remember passwords for you. A master password generally protect all your passwords.

Using a password card can help you memorize several complex passwords by just remembering few information.

Create / print a card
Pick a direction, length, and starting point

Here is a simple algorithm to create a password from phrases you like.

Choose one or several sentences (quotes, sentences in a book...)
Extract the first letter of each word
Alternate case
Add the number of characters of the first and last word.

Example:
"Password is a pain to remember"
=> "piaptr"
=> "pIaPtR"
=> "pIaPtR88"

To make your password secure you need to make it different for each website/account. You can for example add the first and last character of the website name.

Website

http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net/

http://www.passwordcard.org/en

http://www.microsoft.com/protect/fraud/passwords/create.aspx

Alternatives

KeePass, Pixelock, Roboform

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Creator 2010-10-07 18:45:30
Last contributor 2013-03-08 00:12:31
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Excerpt Compare different ways to create secure passwords.
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Mémorisation mot de passe
Posted 2013-05-09 18:33:10 by jakirie
voted for Password cards (Like)
This method works for me.
Posted 2011-03-06 02:33:26 by Leann
voted for Password managers (Like)
ya pas mieux je pense
Posted 2010-11-15 17:48:22 by Amir Sakhraoui
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Posted 2010-11-15 16:51:24 by Seralo
rated Password algorithms: Security level 4
If the algorithm you choose is strong enough, your brain should be more secure than any software.
Posted 2010-11-15 16:49:58 by Seralo
rated Password algorithms: Ease of use (General) 2
Posted 2010-11-15 16:48:40 by Seralo
rated Password cards: Security level 4
Even if we lose the card; passwords are safe since you need to know the other information.
Posted 2010-11-15 16:48:00 by Seralo
rated Password cards: Ease of use (General) 3
Posted 2010-11-15 16:46:32 by Seralo
rated Password managers: Security level 4
Posted 2010-11-15 16:46:19 by Seralo
rated Password managers: Ease of use (General) 5
Passwords can be generated easily, and we can copy and paste or use auto-fill. Need to memorize only one master password.
Posted 2010-11-15 16:45:06 by Seralo
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Posted 2010-10-21 14:00:27 by Seralo

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